Hyderabad, January 14, 2015 (Etemaad News) With an objective to make the country polio free the government has decided to conduct Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme in Hyderabad on January 18.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is making arrangements to carry out the programme across the twin cities from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on that day, followed with house visits from January 19 to 21 to cover children who miss the polio drops.

A total of 3,200 centres have been set to cover more than 5.83 lakh children in the city.